I know, it's a bit of a cheat to just link over to someone else's article, but I found this piece by Alyssa Pelish on Slate fascinating. Apparently, Obama has been getting some flack for his sentence construction as he frequently uses the Double Is.
An example of Obama's usage from the article:
What has to happen is is that the money has to come from somewhere.
But it turns out that it is a construction that George W. Bush used often as well. And that linguists have been tracking this usage for thirty years. Still working on the theories, though.
Check it out.
An example of Obama's usage from the article:
What has to happen is is that the money has to come from somewhere.
But it turns out that it is a construction that George W. Bush used often as well. And that linguists have been tracking this usage for thirty years. Still working on the theories, though.
Check it out.
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